Passenger car sales dropped in Europe as demand for electric vehicles dried up.

New-vehicle registrations fell by 5.3pc across the European Union to 1m last month, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, with EVs particularly hard hit.

Sales of battery-powered cars dropped by 11.3pc as demand in Germany, Europe’s largest economy, plunged by 28.9pc.

The market share for EVs shrank from 13.9pc in March last year to 13pc in the same month of this year. 

It comes as Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and Tesla all reported falling electric vehicle sales in the first three months of the year.

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